Text 9] The Transcendental Qualities of Vrtrasura 193
TEXT 8
S : A :
frdiifead § wreqgaa: |
T RAIS AAT
ae at qaateasias Wi ¢
mamarda padbhyam sura-sainyam Gturam
nimilitaksam rana-ranga-durmadah
gam kampayann udyata-sila ojasé
ndlam vanam yiitha-patir yathonmadah
mamarda—trampled; padbhyam—by his feet; sura-sainyam—the
army of the demigods; dturam—who were very afraid; nimilita-ak-
sam—closing their eyes; rana-rariga-durmadah—arrogant on the bat-
tlefield; gam—the surface of the globe; kampayan—causing to tremble;
udyata-siilah—taking up his trident; ojasa—with his strength:
nalam—of hollow bamboo sticks; vanam—a forest; yiitha-patih—an
elephant; yatha—just as; unmadah—maddened.
TRANSLATION
As the demigods closed their eyes in fear, Vrtrasura, taking up
his trident and making the earth tremble with his great strength,
trampled the demigods beneath his feet on the battlefield the way a
mad elephant tramples hollow bamboos in the forest.
TEXT 9
fratea ¢ tertscrafia:
STATS HARTA AEMTETA |
faaa aravadt 9 ag:aet
AME UAT BOT SSA I 8 II
vilokya tam vajra-dharo ’tyamarsitah
sva-Satrave "bhidravate mahad-gadam
